THESE
ARE TEENAGERS WHO WERE SUCCESSFUL TO BE A MILLIONAIRE
Adam
Hildreth
At
the age 19
Business: Internet marketing and security (Dubit Limited)
Business: Internet marketing and security (Dubit Limited)
At
the age of 17, Adam Hildreth started a social networking site and he named it
Dubit Limited. Initially, it was exclusively for people living in the United
Kingdom and allowed them to play games and share informative articles. It took
Adam less than a year to make it the biggest networking site in the country. In
2005, at the age of 20, Adam, along with Peter Maude, founded another technology
website named crispthinking.com for monitoring and protecting children. And
later, he took his services to fortune 500 companies. Today, Crisp protects 380
million online users worldwide. He was among 20 richest teens in U.K. In 2008,
Sunday Times Rich list featured him as the 23rd richest among 100 young richest
people in U.K.
Ashley Qualls
At
the age 17
Business: Online design (Whateverlife.com)
Business: Online design (Whateverlife.com)
Back
in 2005, at the age of 14, Ashley launched her website called Whateverlife.com
which would provide free MySpace layout and tutorials on how to do graphic
designs and coding of their favorite template layouts. By the end of 2007, when
the popularity of MySpace was all time high, WhateverLife would attract 7
million unique visitors every month. According to some reports, Ashley made
close to $2 million from her website.
At
the age 16
Business: Social networking site (myYearbook)
Business: Social networking site (myYearbook)
Catherine
Cook was just 15 when she and her brother David Cook developed MyYearBook, a
social networking site for teenagers. In 2005, they took help from their elder
brother Geoff, who invested $250,000 for its maintenance. The website was
launched in the same year and soon became the third most popular social
networking site in the U.S.A.
Today,
MyYearBook has 33 million registered users and is not restricted to teenagers
and social networking. It offers plenty of things such as games, live chat,
photo and video sharing and more.
Chris Phillips
At
the age 17
Business: Website Dot5Hosting
Business: Website Dot5Hosting
In
the year 2002, at the age of 17, Chris Phillips created a website named
Dot5Hosting and within two years his earning crossed the million dollar mark.
In 2004, he was one of the richest teens in the United Kingdom.
Today, Dot5Hosting offers many services which include web hosting and management, email services, domain registration and E-commerce services.
Today, Dot5Hosting offers many services which include web hosting and management, email services, domain registration and E-commerce services.
Sean Belnick
At
the age 14
Business: Website BizChair.com
Business: Website BizChair.com
At
the age of 14, with the investment of $500, Sean Belnick founded Bizchair.com.
He started importing chairs from China and selling them online. His honesty in
providing quality products brought him instant success. In 2006, his $500
investment gave him $24 million in revenue. The company opened
327,000-square-foot warehouse in Canton to store products and expanded from
offering office chairs to school furniture, home furniture, and medical
equipments.
Cameron Johnson
Started
at the age 9 and became millionaire before graduating from high school
Business: Website
Business: Website
In
1994, at the age of 9, Johnson started his first business of selling his
sister’s Beanie Babies over the Internet out of his home in Virginia. At the
age of 12, he successfully made $50,000 and within 3 years, his company started
generating $15,000 revenue per day. in 2000, he was the youngest American who
was appointed to the board of a Tokyo-based company.
In
2007, he wrote a book titled “You Call the Shots: Succeed Your Way – and Live
the Life You Want – with the 19 Essential Secrets of Entrepreneurship” which
became an immediate bestseller. Over the years, Cameron has been appearing in
several magazines, popular T.V shows and newspapers; his coaching inspires
thousands of people.
Fraser Doherty
At
the age of 14
Business: Retailers in the UK (SuperJam)
Business: Retailers in the UK (SuperJam)
Fraser
Doherty, a Scottish Entrepreneur, is the CEO of ‘SuperJam’. He started his
business in a quite traditional way in home kitchen using his grandmother’s
recipe. With the growing demand, he tweaked with the receipt and gave it a name
‘Superjam’. He successfully took his business to a new height expanding his
customer base from his friends and neighbors to approximately 184 Waitrose
stores in U.K.
John Magennis
At
the age 14
Business: web designer
Business: web designer
In
the year 1994, 14 year old John Magennis, a self taught programmer, started his
career as a web designer and would charge only $15 to create a website for a
company. Within short period, with the growing demand he began charging as much
as $30,000 for a single website. In less than two years, he started earning
half a million dollars annually.
Tyler Dikman
At
the age 14
Business: Founder of CoolTronics in Tampa
Business: Founder of CoolTronics in Tampa
Back
in 2000, at the tender age of 15, Tyler Dikman founded CoolTronics primarily
for grannies to teach how to surf internet. Within two years, he started
earning $1 million from it and in 2007, Dikman’s earning reached $3.25 million.
Today,
CoolTronics has evolved into a technology consultancy providing services such
as technology training, security, networking, web development, Windows small
business server and many more.
In 2008, at the age 24, Tyler was featured on Business Week among America’s best young entrepreneurs.
In 2008, at the age 24, Tyler was featured on Business Week among America’s best young entrepreneurs.
Matt Wegryzn
At
the early age of 17, Matt Wegryzn started buying and selling domains.
Business: Buying and Selling Domains Names
Business: Buying and Selling Domains Names